First-year growth of 834 preterm infants in a Chinese population: a single-center study

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 the rates of growth deviations in different BW groups

	N(%)	VLBW N(%)	LBW N(%)	NBW N(%)
0 Mon CA	761	114	472	175
Growth deviations
Stunting	38(5)	22(19.3)^ab	16(3.4)^ac	0(0)^bc
Wasting	28(3.7)	4(3.6)	20(4.2)	4(6.5)
Microcephalus	10(1.3)	8(7)^ab	2(0.4)^a	0(0)^b
Overweight	36(4.7)	8(7)	17(3.6)	11(6.3)
12 Mon CA	798	107	494	197
Growth deviations
Stunting	9(1.1)	5(4.7)^ab	4(0.8)^a	0(0)^b
Wasting	19(2.4)	10(9.3)^ab	7(1.4)^a	2(1)^b
Microcephalus	7(0.9)	4(3.7)^a	2(0.4)^a	1(0.5)
Overweight	9(1.1)	1(0.9)	3(0.6)	5(2.5)

A: significant difference between the VLBW and LBW groups, p < 0.01
B: significant difference the VLBW and NBW groups, p < 0.01
C: significant difference the LBW and NBW groups, p < 0.01
Mon; months. CA: corrected age; BW: birth weight; VLBW:very low birth weight, birth weight < 1500 g; LBW: low birth weight, 1500 g ≤ birth weight < 2500 g; NBW:normal birth weight,2500 ≤ birth weight<4000 g. Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used to analyze

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